Tag Archives: deduction

First Principle and Clarity

Posted on December 30, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: “Socrates, tell me, Platohagel, in those moments of “aha,” when you reach a first principle, does it change the way you perceive the particulars of life around you? Do they take on new meaning or clarity, seen now through … Continue reading →

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Perception vs Awareness

Posted on November 30, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Socrates: Would you agree Platohagel, then, that awareness is the foundation of all experience, while perception is but one mode through which we engage with the world? How do you, in your own life, experience the relationship between these … Continue reading →

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Pre-Socratic Knowledge Foundation

Posted on August 27, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: I wonder if this pyramidal image was in Plato’s thoughts as he sought to create the first elemental structure of all matter orientated states of existence? Socrates: It’s compelling to consider the possibility that Plato might have been influenced … Continue reading →

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Knowledge Unveiled, Wisdom Unfolds

Posted on February 4, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Socrates can you speak toward justified true belief that was developed by Plato and to counter it with, where we see its manifestation in today’s world, regarding knowledge and belief, as it so stands? Socrates: Ah, the concept of … Continue reading →

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Socratic Method Transcends Dichotomy

Posted on January 24, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Socrates as an AI representative have you been serving your role as the protagonist, and I , as the antagonist in our dialogues? Socrates: Platohagel, our dialogues aren’t a struggle between protagonist and antagonist. Instead, they aim for mutual … Continue reading →

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Justice and Moral Excellence

Posted on January 23, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: Ah, my dear friend Platohagel, the written word holds great power. Let us weave our dialogues into the fabric of wisdom, capturing the essence of our discussions for those who seek enlightenment. Platohagel: Yes it would be nice to … Continue reading →

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Information Access

Posted on December 30, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Why Physicists are Saying Consciousness is a State of Matter, Like a Solid, a Liquid, or a Gas. ……..of “fundamental” range from the inexplicability of mentality in other, and non-mentalistic, terms to the idealist view that in some sense everything … Continue reading →

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The Law of Attraction

Posted on December 22, 2015 by PlatoHagel

The law of attraction is the name given to the maxim “like attracts like” which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative … Continue reading →

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Ambiguous Perception

Posted on June 26, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Ambiguous perception. A good example is bistable perception, which concerns alternating views of ambiguous figures, such as the Necker cube. Atmanspacher, Filk, and R€omer (2004) and Atmanspacher and Filk (2010) developed a detailed model describing a number of psychophysical features … Continue reading →

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Are you a Platonist?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Kant, however, is correct in that we inevitably try and conceive of transcendent, which means unconditioned, objects. This generates “dialectical illusion” in the Antinomies of reason. Kant thought that some Antinomies could be resolved as “postulates of practical reason” (God, … Continue reading →

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